Just flip the coin. telling people they: - have to live next to a skyrise is externalizing. - have to use public transit is externalizing. - can't let their

Just flip the coin. telling people they: - have to live next to a skyrise is externalizing. - have to use public transit is externalizing. - can't let their kids get a good education is externalizing. - can't let their kids play safely without adult supervision is externalizing. I'll freely admit zoning laws kind of suck in some instances, but you are going to be hard pressed to find a place that does not have them. In fact, the more dense the housing, the more rigorous the zone laws are likely to be. The reality almost everywhere is that one simply cannot do whatever one pleases with their property including keeping it from the government. So, yes my proverbial view of your smog may well be legally protected and that might suck, but you and I are both also protected from a neighbor converting their property into a toxic waste dump.